Installing the certificate

Use the Install certificate from file certTool option to install the certificate on the adapter, from a file returned by the CA in response to the generated CSR.

About this task

After you receive your certificate from your trusted CA, you must install it in the adapter registry.

Procedure

  1. If you received the certificate as part of an email message, take the following actions:
    1. Copy the text of the certificate to a text file.
    2. Copy that file to the read/write data directory of the adapter.
      For example:/var/ibm/adapterAGNT/data
    For Windows based operating systems
    For UNIX based operating systems
  2. At the Main menu of the certTool utility, type B. The following prompt is displayed:
    Enter name of certificate file: 
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  3. At Enter name of certificate file, type the full path to the certificate file and press Enter.

Results

The certificate is installed in the adapter registry, and the Main Menu is displayed again.